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From page 3, on the regulation of ISPs as utilities: ...the order has weakened Americans’ online privacy by stripping the Federal Trade Commission — the nation
by ShannonAlther 9y ago
From page 3, on the regulation of ISPs as utilities:
...the order has weakened Americans’ online privacy by stripping the Federal Trade Commission — the nation’s premier consumer protection agency — of its jurisdiction over ISPs’ privacy and data security practices.
That's pretty rich, coming from the government that just overturned an Obama-era privacy ruling.
- overcooked 9y agoThe claim made in the quotation is also simply inaccurate. As footnote 153 in the NPRM notes, the FTC was already stripped of jurisdiction over ISP privacy practices, regardless of the classification of broadband. (The FTC Act includes an exemption for common carriers based upon their status. Most ISPs are common carriers based upon their other businesses (telephone) and thus exempt.)